Proposed Tech Export Ban in US Could Affect Apple iPhones, Other Devices

A ban has been proposed in the US on the selling of emerging technologies similar Bogus Intelligence (AI), computer vision and iPhone processor engineering, which could majorly affect trade, working and inquiry of many tech giants, including Apple.

In Apple'south case, such restrictions on AI technology could hypothetically prevent the company from selling iPhones in specific markets completely, or strength information technology to produce a version with features cut to comply with licensing rules, Apple Insider reported on Monday.

According to a document shared on Twitter by former presidential technology and national security advisor R. David Edelman, the US Bureau of Industry and Security has requested for public comments almost the idea of monitoring the sales of certain technologies to other countries.

The filing is a request for public comment on "criteria for identifying emerging technologies that are essential to Us national security", due to the potential of being used as conventional weapons, weapons of mass destruction, terrorist applications, intelligence collection, or "could provide the United States with a qualitative military or intelligence reward", the report added.

The technologies are being tested for national security bear upon including deep learning technologies, computer vision, speech and audio processing, AI cloud technologies, AI chipsets, and the potential for sound and video manipulation technologies.

Apple uses AI in a number of products and services offered to consumers. For case, the natural language processing and AI technologies relate to Siri, forth with Apple'due south other motorcar learning work, while computer vision would cover Face up ID and vision systems used in Apple's self-driving vehicle-oriented Projection Titan.

Other general areas raised include navigation, breakthrough data, sensing engineering, robotics, drones, brain-computer interfaces, advanced materials, advanced surveillance and microprocessor applied science.

American citizens tin share their responses on the field of study only by December nineteen — giving just a ane-month window for responses from the public earlier the Bureau starts pressing the matter further.

There has been no comment from Apple expressing concerns or opinions on the matter as however.